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Titin-mediated thick filament activation stabilizes myofibrils on the descending limb of their force–length relationship

Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2018
Purpose: The aim of this study was to extend current half-sarcomere models by involving a recently found force-mediated activation of the thick filament and analyze the effect of this mechanosensing regulation on the length stability of half-sarcomeres ...
Gudrun Schappacher-Tilp
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Sarcomere and Inter-Sarcomere Dynamics within Skeletal Muscle Myofibrils [PDF]

Biophysical Journal, 2017
Introduction: Inter-sarcomere dynamics within muscle myofibrils underlie basic mechanisms of contraction. In this study, we used microfluidic perfusions to control the environment of sarcomeres within isolated myofibrils to directly investigate inter-sarcomere dynamics.
Felipe de Souza Leite, Dilson E. Rassier
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Bioprinting High‐Cell‐Density Cardiac Tissue Constructs With Sustained Contractile Function

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Contractile cardiomyocytes in 3D culture provide insights into the behavior of the heart. Combining a 3D bioprinting approach with a multi‐electrode array allows the development of the 3D culture to be monitored over time, and matured cultures allow the effect of drugs on cardiac function to be modelled, replicating effects seen in clinical application.
Priscila Melo, Wing Tai Tung, Harvey Lewis, Kavin Hettiarachchilage, Babis Tzivelekis, Rolando Berlinguer‐Palmini, Ana Marina Ferreira, Jason Gill, Kenneth Dalgarno   +8 more
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Patient‐Derived 3D Heart‐On‐a‐Chip Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Embedded Bead‐Based Mapping of Tissue Contractility

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A heart‐on‐a‐chip model of dilated cardiomyopathy is developed from patient‐derived induced pluripotent stem cells. The model recapitulates key disease phenotypes and enables functional assessment through integrated bead‐based tracking and pillar deflection measurements.
Ali Mousavi, Ludovic Mouttet, Shihao Cui, Yasaman Hekmatnia, Mehran Mottahedi, Ida Derish, Naimeh Rafatian, Mark Aurousseau, Gregor Andelfinger, Renzo Cecere, Houman Savoji   +10 more
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Additive‐Manufactured, Multifunctional Bioreactor Technology for Dynamic Culture of 3D Bioprinted Tissue Models

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
We introduce an additively manufactured bioreactor with a perfusion flow system and integrated temperature and pH sensors for skeletal muscle tissue biofabrication. The bioreactor's performance was evaluated by assessing the viability, spreading of the myoblast cells in a printed scaffold, and contraction of the isolated murine musculi interossei ...
Lys Sprenger, Johann Schorzmann, Hsuan‐Heng Lu, Muhammad Osama, Julian Bauer, Michael Haug, Oliver Friedrich, Aldo R. Boccaccini, Frank Döpper, Sahar Salehi   +9 more
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Different Localizations and Cellular Behaviors of Leiomodin and Tropomodulin in Mature Cardiomyocyte Sarcomeres

Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2010
Lmod is a muscle-specific actin nucleator that displays structural similarity to the filament pointed-end–capping protein, Tmod. The mechanisms of localizations of Lmod and Tmod in muscle sarcomeres are strikingly different.
Aneta Skwarek-Maruszewska, M. Boczkowska, Allison L. Zajac, E. Kremneva, T. Svitkina, R. Dominguez, P. Lappalainen   +6 more
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Light‐Driven Quadrupedal Walking Biohybrid Robot With Antagonistic Muscle‐Rings and Inclined Joints

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a light‐driven quadrupedal walking biohybrid robot powered by antagonistic muscle‐rings that achieve alternating walking gait. Optical training improved reproducibility of cultured muscle tissues, while caffeine treatment enhanced contractile force.
Shotaro Saito, Byeongwook Jo, Tomohiro Morita, Shota Noda, Minghao Nie, Shoji Takeuchi   +5 more
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Whole Muscle Length-Tension Relationships are Accurately Modeled as Scaled Sarcomeres in Rabbit Hindlimb Muscles

Journal of Biomechanics, 2011
An a priori model of the whole active muscle length-tension relationship was constructed utilizing only myofilament length and serial sarcomere number for rabbit tibialis anterior (TA), extensor digitorum longus (EDL), and extensor digitorum II (EDII ...
Taylor M. Winters, Mitsuhiko Takahashi, R. Lieber, S. Ward   +3 more
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Divergent Regulation of the Sarcomere and the Cytoskeleton [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008
The existence of a feedback mechanism regulating the precise amounts of muscle structural proteins, such as actin and the actin-associated protein tropomyosin (Tm), in the sarcomeres of striated muscles is well established. However, the regulation of nonmuscle or cytoskeletal actin and Tms in nonmuscle cell structures has not been elucidated.
Galina, Schevzov, Thomas, Fath, Bernadette, Vrhovski, Nicole, Vlahovich, Sudarsan, Rajan, Jeff, Hook, Josephine E, Joya, Frances, Lemckert, Franz, Puttur, Jim J-C, Lin, Edna C, Hardeman, David F, Wieczorek, Geraldine M, O'Neill, Peter W, Gunning   +13 more
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Tropomyosin 1 Promotes Platelet Adhesion and Clot Contraction Separate from Its Roles in Developmental Hematopoiesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) link the Tropomyosin 1 (Tpm1) locus to quantitative blood trait variation, but related mechanisms are unclear. Tpm1 encodes an actin‐binding protein that regulates actin filament diversity, cell adhesion, signaling, and actomyosin contractility.
Po‐Lun Kung, Victor Tsao, Alina D Peshkova, Oscar A. Marcos‐Contreras, Kim Ha, Brian M Dulmovits, Nkemdilim Okoli, Anvi Sinha, Gennadiy Fonar, Rong Qiu, Rolf D Bates, Janelle Yeboah, Carson Shalaby, Tyler Truex, Soomin Jeong, Edna C Hardeman, Peter W Gunning, Vladimir R Muzykantov, Jacob W Myerson, Christopher S Thom   +19 more
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